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Quotation of the Day: Though Most Afghans Can’t Read, Their Book Trade Is Booming

Feb. 3, 2018

“This is powerful anywhere, but in a place like Afghanistan, it can be a means of emotional survival.”

JAMSHID HASHIMI, who runs an online library and is a founder of the Book Club of Afghanistan, on the flourishing of the country’s book publishers as people seek an escape from the country’s cyclonic violence.